Month: April 2024
Family of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suit
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times during a traffic stop has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The 81-page federal complaint filed Wednesday alleges the officers violated multiple laws and police department policies during the March 21
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Investigator says Trump, allies were part of Michigan election scheme despite not being charged
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A state investigator in Michigan says he considers former President Donald Trump and some key allies to be uncharged co-conspirators in a scheme to claim that he had won Michigan in the 2020 election. Trump and Mark Meadows were among the names that came up during the
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¿Qué propone cambiar la reforma pensional de Petro en Colombia?
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Gobierno del presidente Gustavo Petro tuvo una victoria política cuando la plenaria del Senado aprobó la propuesta de reforma a las pensiones, uno de sus proyectos bandera, lo que le da un nuevo aire tras del hundimiento de la reforma a la salud semanas antes y las movilizaciones
Continue ReadingGrand jury indicts man for murder in shooting death of Texas girl during ATM robbery
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man accused of fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl when he was robbed at a Houston ATM in 2022 has been indicted for murder in her death. Tuesday’s indictment against Tony Earls comes nearly two years after another grand jury had declined to indict him
Continue ReadingEuropean leaders laud tougher migration policies but more people die on treacherous sea crossings
By SAM METZ and BARBARA SURK Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Authorities in Europe have recovered bodies of people who attempted to migrate across both the English Channel and the Mediterranean Sea this week. Such scenes of despair and tragedy complicate efforts to introduce new and tougher measures in Europe’s migration policy. The deaths
Continue Reading100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore through his ankle a few days later, wanted to return to France for the 80th anniversary of the invasion so he could honor the men who didn’t come home. It
Continue Reading Esto es lo que contiene el paquete de ayuda exterior de EE.UU. para Ucrania e Israel
urielblanco (CNN) — El Senado aprobó este martes un paquete de ayuda exterior que incluye dinero para Ucrania, Israel y la región Indo-Pacífica. La Cámara de Representantes aprobó el paquete de ayuda, en forma de cuatro proyectos de ley independientes, el sábado, meses después de que el Senado aprobara por primera vez una legislación con
Continue ReadingBiden administration announces plans for up to 12 lease sales for offshore wind energy
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new five-year schedule to lease federal offshore tracts for wind energy production was announced Wednesday by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, with up to a dozen lease sales anticipated beginning this year and continuing through 2028. Haaland announced the plan at a conference in New Orleans.
Continue ReadingBiden administration announces plans for up to 12 lease sales for offshore wind energy
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new five-year schedule to lease federal offshore tracts for wind energy production was announced Wednesday by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, with up to a dozen lease sales anticipated beginning this year and continuing through 2028. Haaland announced the plan at a conference in New Orleans.
Continue ReadingPakistan and Iran vow to enhance efforts at a ‘united front’ against Afghanistan-based militants
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Neighbors Pakistan and Iran have pledged to enhance efforts at a “united front” against Afghanistan-based militants, saying their presence poses a serious threat to regional and global security. The countries share a long and porous border. They made the commitment in a joint statement issued after a
Continue ReadingUkraine uses long-range missiles secretly provided by US to hit Russian-held areas, officials say
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area overnight, American officials said Wednesday. Long sought by Ukrainian leaders,
Continue ReadingKlimt portrait missing for nearly a century sold for $32 million
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A portrait by Gustav Klimt that was unseen for almost a century has sold for $32 million – the bottom end of its pre-auction estimate. The “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser,” thought to be one of the Austrian painter’s final works, created huge excitement in the art world, but it
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